No more robocalls: New tech automatically hangs up on robots

Credit: BBC/ Ars Technica

An end to those damn annoying calls? Maybe.

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/04/no-more-robocalls-new-tech-automatically-hangs-up-on-robots/ / Federal Trade Commission complaints illegal robocalls most common problem reported FTC shut down companies responsible billions robocalls  lacks lack technological solution stop robocallers dialing $50,000 prize best technology stopping robocalls three winners devised robocall blocking systems end scourge forever detect disconnect call consumers build a database bad numbers consumers report winner winners co-winners built systems focus on intercepting filtering illegal prerecorded calls using technology blacklist robocaller phone numbers whitelist numbers associated with acceptable incoming calls CAPTCHA style test to prevent illegal calls from ringing through to a user honored two Google employees Daniel Klein Dean Jackson devising crowd-sourced robocall identification blocking system financial prize none was offered for proposals from large businesses helping consumers winners split $50,000 prize Aaron Foss freelance software developer Long Island NY, computer engineer named Serdar Danis announcement press conference Nomorobo phone landline, VoIP cellular buy any extra hardware customer conditional call forwarding phone provider allowing calls to ring both number /